Kyle Higashioka’s New York Yankees and the Chicago Cubs, who will be sending Drew Smyly to the mound, match up at Yankee Stadium on Saturday, July 8. The first pitch will be thrown at 1:05 PM ET.
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Player Prop Odds for Higashioka
| Prop | O/U | Over Odds |
|---|---|---|
| Hits | 0.5 | -134 |
| Runs | 0.5 | -104 |
| RBI | 0.5 | -114 |
| Strikeouts | 0.5 | -149 |
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Stats and Trends for the Chicago Cubs
- The Cubs will send Smyly (7-5) to the mound for his 18th start this season.
- The left-hander’s last appearance was on Monday, when he threw 3 2/3 innings against the Milwaukee Brewers, giving up three earned runs while allowing four hits.
- Among qualified major league pitchers this season, the 34-year-old’s 4.30 ERA ranks 44th, 1.300 WHIP ranks 45th, and 7.6 K/9 ranks 48th.
- The Cubs have a 8.3 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 22nd in the majors.
- Cubs pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.04 this year, which ranks 13th in MLB.
- Cubs pitchers have a 1.255 WHIP this season, seventh-best in the majors.
- With just 83 homers allowed, the Cubs rank first in the league at preventing long balls.
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Kyle Higashioka Stats vs. the Cubs
| Date | Opp. SP | H/AB | XBH | HR | RBI | R | K/BB | SB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/7/2023 | Jameson Taillon | 0-for-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/12/2022 | Keegan Thompson | 3-for-5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0/0 | 0 |
| 6/10/2022 | Wade Miley | 0-for-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2/0 | 0 |
Higashioka Stats and Trends
- Higashioka has picked up a hit in 54.5% of his 44 games this season, with multiple hits in 11.4% of those contests (five).
- Out of the 44 games he has had a plate appearance in this season, he’s hit a home run in four contests (9.1%), leaving the yard in 2.8% of his plate appearances.
- He has scored at least one run 12 times this year in 44 games played (27.3%), including one game with more than one run scored.
- Higashioka has picked up an RBI in 17 of 44 games this season, including multiple RBI in four of them.
- He has fanned 26 times this season in 44 tries (59.1%), including striking out on multiple occasions in 22.7% of games (10 times).
| Home | Away | |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | GP | 21 |
| 11 (47.8%) | Games w/1+ Hit | 13 (61.9%) |
| 3 (13.0%) | Games w/2+ Hits | 2 (9.5%) |
| 8 (34.8%) | Games w/1+ Run | 4 (19.0%) |
| 4 (17.4%) | Games w/1+ HR | 0 (0.0%) |
| 9 (39.1%) | Games w/1+ RBI | 8 (38.1%) |
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